Φωτογραφίες

AdrianWrobel (1676) 2013-06-13 13:14

Heil, podoba mi siκ ten klimat w ujκciu Twoim. Zieleρ jest okey. Pozdrawiam - Adrian

rigoletto (34279) 2013-06-13 15:57

hi russ,

i feel like i sat down again to write a pseudo-shakespearean monologue. i wish i could use some rhymes as well :)

first of all, i want to say, i love birds (my favourites being hummingbirds, storks, owls & doves), woody woodpecker is one of my childhood icons, therefore there is no way i can stay mute upon seeing "any" version of this photo.

then, i want to utter some words as a re-reply to your last reply to me.

i love what you did here. don't necessarily need to know about your cropping, which seemingly brought the perception of them being closer. but hey, this is no pp at all according to my book, you could do this even with zooming in a little bit more to your subjects (where you already used a full 200 mm.s, i could never do it with my humble 55 mm.s capacity).

if this were a photo to be used in a scientific article, i would use it without hesitation, provided that i would already give some numbers about how close these birdies get, what their actual sizes are, what their natural environment is etc etc. so, i see nothing scientifically inaccurate here (if you changed the red-head feathers to blue or green, then it would of course be scientifically non-ethical, but maybe artistically interesting, though i saw many B&W photos in articles, which i cannot claim to be non-ethical, because then the scientist has to tell the correct color already)

coming back to the "reality in photography" issue, and about what the photojournalists, or we have to do... well, for me, it is also quite debateable because of the "human" element in there.

photographers and photojournalists are humans with unique backgrounds, perceptions and different abilities of conveying what they see. lets take for example, a recent issue, a demonstration on the streets of istanbul. that same event can be photographed in billons of different forms and each would be scientifically and politically correct (i don't even consider any interruptions with pp tools).

you can zoom in a single protester's face and thus convey the fury on the face, or you can use a wide angle / high pov, which captures the crowds, then you can say the crowds has that fury. you can lie down on the ground and focusing on the face of the lone protester, now showing him like an omnipotent colossus - a hero fighting for democratic rights, or you can show him like a monster anarchist who wishes to spoil the peace of society.

(max. 3000 characters allowed here, the rest is in the forum)

AROBN54 (11475) 2013-08-12 12:49

Ah, now that is a really cool shot! Great DOF, lovely natural color. I love the shape of the tree they are on and the position of the mockingbird looking over its shoulder with the woodpecker seemingly oblivious to its presence. Very nice sharpness and detail, too. I love bird photos! Many thanks and kindest wishes,
Shelly